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Medial vs Internal - What's the difference?

medial | internal |

As adjectives the difference between medial and internal

is that medial is of or pertaining to a mean or average while internal is inside of something.

As a noun medial

is one or more letters that occur in the middle of a word.

medial

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Of or pertaining to a mean or average.
  • :
  • In or near the middle; not at either end.
  • *
  • *:Thus, when he drew up instructions in lawyer language, he expressed the important words by an initial, a medial , or a final consonant, and made scratches for all the words between; his clerks, however, understood him very well.
  • (lb) Pertaining to the inside; closer to the midline.
  • :
  • # (entomology) Of or pertaining to the media and/or the areas of the wing next to it.
  • (lb) Closer to the addressee.
  • Antonyms

    * (anatomy) lateral

    Coordinate terms

    *

    Derived terms

    * medial capital * medially

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One or more letters that occur in the middle of a word.
  • Any of various things that occur in the middle.
  • Anagrams

    * *

    internal

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • inside of something
  • We saw the internal compartments
  • within the body
  • Her bleeding was internal
  • concerned with the domestic affairs of a nation, state or other political community.
  • The nation suffered from internal conflicts
  • concerned with the non-public affairs of a company or other organisation
  • An internal investigation was conducted

    Synonyms

    * inner * inly * interior * intern, interne

    Antonyms

    * external * exterior

    Derived terms

    * internalism * internalist * internality * internalize * internally * internal link